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EMERGENCY RESPONSE DUTIES POLICY
Policy Number
P1988-06
Classification
ADM
Effective Date
1988-10-24
Approval Authority
CAO
Supersedes
NA
Mandated Review
2026
1. PURPOSE
To ensure that the City is capable of responding to emergency situations occurring outside
normal working hours, by assigning personnel to look after such situations.
2. DEFINITIONS
(1)
CAO
means the Chief Administrative Officer of the City's administration
appointed for the City of Bathurst.
(2)
CITY
means the City of Bathurst
3. POLICY STATEMENT
The CAO will ensure that a system is in place to enable the public works staff to promptly
respond to emergency weather conditions or other situations requiring the response of public
works staff. This system will be fair and equitable to the employees so deployed. Additional
remuneration will be provided within the current policy limitations.
1. Emergency Response Duties shall:
a) only include emergency matters that must be dealt with immediately and cannot wait
for action until the next normal work shift.
b) include all City operations.
c) The following positions shall participate in Emergency Response Duties:
i. General Foreman;
ii. other positions approved by the CAO.
d) Emergency Response Duties shall be equally shared by the employees identified in
Section c) above.
e) Employees carrying out Emergency Response Duties shall be on call outside of normal
working hours during the period of their assignment and be compensated a weekly flat
rate, regardless of the number of call outs. The flat rate shall be reviewed annually and
approved by the CAO.
The time in lieu flat rate for employees carrying out Emergency Response Duties shall
be reviewed annually and approved by the CAO.
f) The employee on Emergency Response shall have a vehicle assigned to him/her that is
appropriate to carry out his/her duties.
g) The employee on Emergency Response shall be permitted to take the vehicle home.
h) Where an employee has Emergency Response Duties during a statutory holiday, he or
she shall be given a day off in lieu at some future time, to be mutually agreed to by the
employee and the supervisor.
2. Winter Emergency Response Duties shall be shared by two employees.
4. REVISION HISTORY
Date
(yyyy/mm/dd)
2015-03-16
2023-05-09